AI Article Synopsis
- A 54-year-old man suffered a self-inflicted stab wound to the chest with a chopstick, which penetrated his heart.
- After developing shock from cardiac tamponade, the medical team quickly initiated percutaneous cardiopulmonary support (PCPS) to stabilize him.
- Following an emergency surgery where PCPS was replaced by cardiopulmonary bypass, the chopstick was removed, and the wounds were stitched up, with the patient recovering well post-operation.
Article Abstract
We used percutaneous cardiopulmonary support (PCPS) to resuscitate a 54-year-old man who had stabbed himself in the left anterior chest with a chopstick. Chest computed tomography showed that the chopstick had penetrated the heart. As he was in shock due to the development of tamponade while waiting for emergency surgery, we immediately decided to initiate PCPS. After cardiopulmonary bypass was established through a median sternotomy replacing PCPS, the chopstick was removed and the stab wounds were closed by mattress sutures. The postoperative course was uneventful.
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